1.2.05 (03.07.2010)
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- Game resolution has been tweaked to allow for bigger monitors
1.2.04 (20.06.2010)
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- Added 'trophies' to the awards
- Added 'visual ratings' to book reviews
- Added additional review types to the game
- Fixed bug that removed the book's cover image from the
bibliography screen
- Fixed a bug where you are able to publish a book without
a publisher
- Tweaked save/load function to become a little more user
friendly
- Tweaked new project screens
- Tweaked book reviews to be more flexible
- Optimized loading to occur faster
- Highest Selling awards renamed to "Reader's Choice"
- Streamlined publication screen to be more user friendly :)
1.2.03 (20.02.2010)
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- Added 11 new cheats to the game :)
- Added additional review types (positive, neutral and negative)
- Added 7 new book covers, altered/touched up original 8
- Added an option to 'Randomize' book cover
- Added a 'Relationships' shortcut to the main menu
- Added 'Expiry & Term' to Contracts page
- Added option to skip all notices of award ceremonies from
the ceremony screen
- Added multiple 'help' pop-ups throughout the game
- Extended the time needed to renew a contract from 30 days
to 60 days
- It is now a lot easier to maintain a marriage
- Bibliography list view has been updated (more detailed)
- Tweaked the contract negotiation page (term/length)
- Fixed bug that miscalculated royalties from book sales
- Fixed minor bug relating to book reviews and reoccuring
review types
- Fixed minor bug where by making love to your spouse would
cause your romance meter to exceed 100%
- Fixed issue with checking for updates (unfortunately
http://www.osirisgames.com has gone down, so all updates will
from here on be hosted on the Myrtilus server)
1.2.02 (12.09.2007)
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- Salaries are now paid weekly instead of monthly ($1,500)
- Casino games are now capped at $500 per bet
- When editing a book's title it is now set at a max length of
35 characters
- Sales Report screen now flicks back to the charts whenever
the 'Next' or 'Previous' buttons are pressed
- Fixed major save/load bug that caused bibliography data to
disappear
- Fixed bug that would not allow you to buy the N.O.T.E.S.
software (store)
- Fixed bug where it was possible for your dead wife to still
bare your children
- Fixed error where it would list your book's category as the
book's genre (Charts Top 50)
- Fixed 'cheat', where you were able to cancel out of the School
mini-games by clicking on "Return" or other navigation items
- Fixed minor save game page error (clicking next would continue
to run into nothing)
1.2.01 (28.05.2007)
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- You can no longer write sequels to nothing (blank entries)
- Extended the time needed to renew a contract from 7 days
to 30 days
- Added additional text and fixed up outdated information from
many pages in the game
- Fixed bug where notices would come up and stop you from
starting a new project if you binned a project while it was
in a paused state
- Fixed bug where you are able to purchase the same item
over and over again from the Store
- Fixed bug where sometimes you didn't receive messages on a
day-by-day basis, or at all
1.2.00 (14.04.2007)
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- New feature: you no longer have to wait a month after your
book is released to start a new one
- New feature: added stress related events to the game (eg.
attempted suicide if your stress levels become out of
control)
- Added the option to go on a 'reading tour' to hype books
- Added some new information boxes to the game to restrict
what you are allowed to do (to avoid confusion)
- Added additional hints/tips to the game
- Update: if your wife leaves *you*, then all funds will be
devided into two
- Update: if you get married in the game, you will no longer
have to work on your friendship, instead you now only have
to keep your romance levels up
- Update: changed goal #6 description slightly to avoid
confusion, and added a new 'Current Goal' header to help
you keep track of what goal your currently on
- Update: done some work to the 'Milestones' page to reduce
any errors that may occur in the future
- Update: changed addictions so now only your stress levels
go up, and your health no longer decreases
- Update: added/edited some of the random in-game events
- Tweaked the contracts negotiation screen again
- Fixed minor problems relating to the school section of the game
- Fixed error that would increase your genre knowledge
past the maximum limit of 100%
- Fixed error that would not allow you to set your second, or
third child as the heir to your game
- Fixed bug where you would not be paid correctly by your
publisher (sales percentage was off)
- Fixed multiple bugs that were caused due to problems with
deleting game data (missing bibliography items, missing
sales after they were released, etc)
- Fixed minor bug relating to overwriting games (sometimes it
overwrote the wrong game!)
- Fixed bug that would not let you start a compilation project
1.1.06 (10.04.2007)
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- You can no longer get married if you are below the age of 18,
or your partner is below the age of 18
- Tweaked contract negotiation screen (a little more realistic offers)
- Removed highscore table from the game (rogue code that caused
many ingame crashes)
- Fixed a bug that crashed the game after 10 years of playing
the game (caused by charts data)
- Fixed bug that would not let you pass Goal #16
- Fixed bug where your 2yo son/daughter could be picked up by
police for drug use!
- Fixed bug where 'last years popularity' did not change
1.1.05 (05.04.2007)
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- Added files to installer to fix game crash when starting a new
game (instead of having to install AutoPatcher)
- Changed ingame date to start in April instead of March (1.1.04)
- Fixed bug that would not let you proceed past Goal #16
- Fixed bug which would not let you check into rehab if you
had a tobacco problem
- Fixed a few spelling mistakes
1.1.04 (31.03.2007)
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- Added a 'Check for Updates' button on the front page
- Updated birthday code to work more efficiently and with less
hassles
- You husband/wife will now take half of your assets if you choose to
divorce him/her
- Fixed some minor problems with the Highscore table
- Fixed bug that would crash the game randomly (relating to working
on Film/Television Adaptations)
- Fixed bug which crashed the game after you released 3 books
1.1.03 (29.03.2007)
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- Tweaked the contract negotiation page and fixed bug
relating to term/length
- Fixed new crashing bug when releasing books
- You can no longer have children out of wedlock
- Fixed bug that did not display the critics review page
while publishing new books (loaded games problem)
1.1.02 (28.03.2007)
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- You are now paid your contract award as soon as you publish
your book (you no longer have to wait until its released)
- Added 'Publisher Information' to the Publish page
- Added additional code to the rehabilitation clinic to treat
tabacco addictions
- Slightly improved loading times between the Personal screen
- PDA writing times have been increased (too easy for PDA writers
to write books fast)
- Reconfigured the Read/Relax page
- Changed review times from 2 weeks to 4 weeks (to get an early
review in from your publisher)
- Fixed error where you were unable to leave home if you were playing
in Sandbox Mode and were over 18 years of age
- Fixed problems arising while moving back and forth between
books on the Sales Reports screen
- Fixed bug that would not allow you to propose to your partner
after 360 days
- Fixed bug that changed personal tasks around when saving and
loading games
- Fixed bug that would not let you publish a book on certain months
(non-English machines only)
- Fixed bug that wouldnt allow you to go on vacation and/or relax
- Fixed bug which crashed the game upon entering Court
1.1.01 (21.03.2007)
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- Added additional code to database sections of the game to stop the
areas you could continue clicking into 'nothing'
- Tweaked some Hype items
- Fixed a few grammatical errors
- Fixed error that would not load data correctly into the Sales
Reports page
- Fixed error where Progress Reports buttons were still displayed after
you cancelled a book (therefore resulting in a crash if clicked on)
- Fixed error where your publisher's name would not be displayed on
the innitial Publish Book screen (it would just say "Publisher")
- Fixed error that would keep your 'impression meter' (court minigame)
going down, thus making you lose every case you attended
- Fixed bug that crashed the game when you had a new born child
- Fixed bug that crashed the game when you clicked too many times
on the Archived Material navigation, and then hit Revise/Delete
- Fixed bug that crashed the game when you clicked too many times
on the Publishers navigation, and then hit 'Negotiate'
- Fixed bug that would crash the Bibliography page
- Fixed bug that would keep on bringing up the court page (after either
you won or lost the case)
1.1.0 (20.03.2007)
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- New Feature: AutoSave is now available in the game
- New Feature: It is now possible to edit your book title at any time during the
writing process
- New Feature: "Sales Market" page has been added to the game
- Added additional code to make sure that even if you are over 18,
as long as you have your High School Certificate you can still enter
College and University
- Added additional code so you can no longer hype, review or cancel
your book while it is Paused
- After sending your book off for publishing, you are no longer assigned
to a career task, however you can not start a new book until your current
one has been released
- Lowered relationship levels, so you do not have to try as hard to please
your boyfriend/girlfriend anymore!
- Fixed a few grammatical errors
- Fixed duplication, and the reload error in the word jumble mini-game,
as well as adding new words to the list
- Fixed problems arising via the Sales Reports page (only view 2 books, etc)
- Fixed problem with relationships in the game (not being able to get a date)
- Fixed error where all the Progress Report options were unavailable
- You now start the game with an additional 2% (default) towards skills
- Fixed error where the game would retract skill points per year below
the default (standard) amount allowed
- Fixed all bugs/errors relating to hyping books
1.0.05 (18.03.2007)
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- Fixed bug which recorded a wrong publisher to your Top 50 entry
- Fixed bug that calculated popularity wrong during the publish process
and would not allow some of the options to be available to the player
- Fixed bug that crashed game upon entering Bibliography
- Fixed bug which wouldn’t allow you to upgrade your premises
- Fixed a few grammatical errors
- Fixed bug that crashed the game on Court day
- Fixed New Project crash (stemmed back to problems with the genre:
Science Fiction)
- Fixed Award Ceremony errors, where if someone was not nominated
they would show up as " '''' by " and also there are no longer
duplications
- Fixed a few page naming mistakes
- Fixed the Sales Report 'next book/previous book' error (where the
game would not respond even if you had more then 1 book released)
- Fixed error with loading sequels into New Project page
- Fixed alignment problems with loading screen
- Removed Publisher Mood from Publish Book screen
- Removed age completely from Sandbox Mode
- Added additional code to Bibliography and Publish Book page to
ensure the process runs smoother and avoids encountering errors
- Added an additional 2% (to make 4%) to any reading activities
- Tweaked Contract Negotiation sales percentage
- Tweaked book sales (books that are quite popular do not decline
in sales as fast as they did before)
- The ability to now bin your screenplay after completion is now
available
- It is now possible to die of old age (97 years of age)
1.0.04 (16.03.2007)
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- Updated the the New Project page to hopefully solve some errors
that were arising recently
- Changed the Picture Jumble Mini-Game to 15min instead of 10min,
and also added the 'BS' square to make things a tiny bit easier
- Added code to ensure you cannot start the game with less than
25 points
- Added code to ensure that when you are in the 'Publish Book' area
all quick-links and navigation is disabled until you either finish or
click 'Return' (causing problems related with manuscripts and saving)
- Removed age from Personal screen in Sandbox Mode (as it is open
ended)
- Book sales now last a lot longer (sales may linger around for the
hundreds for some weeks now), this is to ensure the game does not
get stuck, and have the same total being presented each month
- Added code to the game to ensure that when you select a custom
image, the game register's it for the Bibliography
- Reconfigured the save system (this is now heaps more stable and
will minimize errors in future)
- Fixed a few loading transition errors (overlapping pages during loading)
- Fixed bug which crashed the game upon clicking on "Milestones"
(rarely)
- Fixed bug which tried to save new book chart data to the
wrong section
- Fixed bug which calculated some of the Top 50 entries incorrectly
- Fixed bug that caused book sales to decline rapidly when you
saved your game and reloaded
- Fixed bug where your player was unable to make it into the charts
- Fixed bug which crashed the game when clicking 'Continue'
on the New Project page
- Fixed bug which crashed the game when starting a new book
- Fixed bug that crashed the game when you tried to enter Bibliography
1.0.03 (14.03.2007)
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- Took another crack at making sure the game didn't crash on start up
(for some PC's)
- Took a crack at fixing the game crash when some people click 'Start
New Book'
- New Feature: it is now possible to toggle award ceremonies on/off
via the Game Settings page
- Added miscellaneous code to the game to make the loading screens
work more fluently
- Added information to Bibliography, and a 'Pending' counter
- Turned sounds on, on game start up
- Updated the Sales Reports pie graph
- Fixed errors that arised when hyping books
- Fixed loading error (where it would display a random entry of numbers and
letters mixed together)
- Fixed error that made the page scroll out of position in Sales Reports
- Fixed error that caused the Load Game screen to load the wrong game
- Fixed a bug that made the publisher reject your book even though
in some cases it would never have usually happened
- Fixed bug which caused the game to crash if you re-loaded your game
before your book was due for release
- Fixed bug that made you return to the court screen, even after you have
been aquitted or charged
1.0.02 (13.03.2007)
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- Fixed bug which crashed the game upon loading from the startup screen
- Fixed error caused by the school mini-game timers (it no longer crashes
if you are 1 second or so away from achieving a grade up)
- Fixed bug which didn't load Personal Tasks properly
- Fixed a pre-release error, which was supposed to have changed the 'Read'
option to upgrade skills, not target audience reputation
- Updated the code that copies files across (hopefully solving crashes)
- Fixed error where the game would continue to put you in a loop if you
were indicted, and failed to impress the judge in court
- Fixed error where if you cancelled your 'write book' task from the Personal
screen, it would clear your task, but all book data would still be present
- It is now possible to overwrite games
- You can no longer enter the Bibliography without having released any books
- Fixed error that kept on adding up the points/cost/days needed when you
reselected different options via the Hype menu
- Lowered the publisher's book 'standards' - you will not be rejected every
time you write a less than perfect book
- Lowered the dating standards - you will not be rejected as often as you
were originally (when asking someone out)
- Fixed error where the Bibliography would not display book information
as it said you currently had no books released
- Updated/fixed award ceremonies
- Fixed award ceremony problems, and added code to ensure it doesn't lock
up if something goes wrong
- Fixed error that didn't allow you to release sequels
1.0.01 (12.03.2007)
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- Fixed bug which causes the game to freeze at Award Ceremonies
- Fixed bug which would cause the messages counter to go up, even without
news items present
- Fixed bug that caused the game to lock up (as if you failed) upon
starting a Sandbox Mode game
- Fixed error which caused the book list in the 'Home' screen to duplicate
itself many times upon scrolling/clicking the page
- Fixed up some mistakes in 'famous quotes'
- Fixed a minor error that brang up a writing news event, even when no writing
was currently going on
- Fixed error in which you could load a blank game (which would cause the game
to crash)
- Fixed bug which crashed the game when releasing a book (choosing month)
- Skill levels now only drop 3% every year (instead of 5%)
- Skill levels can no longer drop below 2% - this stops people from getting stuck in
a rut and losing the game (because you wont get paid for work, etc)